And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all. Treasury of Scripture a. Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table of your heart: Isaiah 30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: Jeremiah 17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven on the table of their heart... Habakkuk 2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain on tables, that he may run that reads it. His. Luke 1:13,60 But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias: for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elisabeth shall bear you a son...
Context The Birth of John the Baptist
57Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy on her; and they rejoiced with her. 59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61And they said to her, There is none of your kindred that is called by this name. 62And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 63And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all. 64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, and praised God. 65And fear came on all that dwelled round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. 66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.
Darby Bible Translation
And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.
King James Bible
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
Young's Literal Translation
and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;
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